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"text": "The dog likes people he knows, but he is skittish around strangers.",
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},
{
"text": "1557, Roger Edgeworth, Sermons Very Fruitfull, Godly, and Learned, London: Robert Caly, The fiftenth treatice or Sermon,\nAll such be like a skittish starting horse, whiche coming ouer a bridge, wil start for a shadowe, or for a stone lying by him, and leapeth ouer on the other side into the water, & drowneth both horse and man."
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "xrtnoġ",
"sense": "easily scared",
"word": "խրտնող"
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"code": "axm",
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"roman": "xrčʻan",
"sense": "easily scared",
"word": "խրչան"
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "plašliv",
"sense": "easily scared",
"word": "плашлив"
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "easily scared",
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "easily scared",
"word": "胆小的"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "easily scared",
"word": "易受惊的"
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{
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "easily scared",
"tags": [
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"word": "bojácný"
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"sense": "easily scared",
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"sense": "easily scared",
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"word": "lekavý"
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "easily scared",
"word": "schichtig"
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{
"_dis1": "90 8 2",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "easily scared",
"word": "ektimema"
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{
"_dis1": "90 8 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "easily scared",
"word": "säikky"
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{
"_dis1": "90 8 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "easily scared",
"word": "timide"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "easily scared",
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"word": "medrosa"
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"_dis1": "90 8 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "easily scared",
"word": "scheu"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 8 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "easily scared",
"word": "schreckhaft"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 8 2",
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "easily scared",
"word": "pavorose"
},
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"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "easily scared",
"word": "timide"
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"_dis1": "90 8 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "easily scared",
"word": "pauroso"
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"_dis1": "90 8 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "easily scared",
"word": "timoroso"
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{
"_dis1": "90 8 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "easily scared",
"word": "pūohorere"
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"_dis1": "90 8 2",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "easily scared",
"word": "skvetten"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 8 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "easily scared",
"word": "płochliwy"
},
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"_dis1": "90 8 2",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "easily scared",
"word": "timid"
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{
"_dis1": "90 8 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "puglívyj",
"sense": "easily scared",
"word": "пугли́вый"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bojazlívyj",
"sense": "easily scared",
"word": "боязли́вый"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 8 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "easily scared",
"word": "temeroso"
},
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"_dis1": "90 8 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "easily scared",
"word": "tímido"
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{
"_dis1": "90 8 2",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "easily scared",
"word": "ürkek"
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},
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"glosses": [
"Wanton; changeable; fickle."
],
"id": "en-skittish-en-adj-GgfWewsp",
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"Wanton",
"wanton"
],
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"changeable",
"changeable"
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"fickle",
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "igriv",
"sense": "fickle",
"word": "игрив"
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"_dis1": "6 91 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zakačliv",
"sense": "fickle",
"word": "закачлив"
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"_dis1": "6 91 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "fickle",
"word": "launisch"
},
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"_dis1": "6 91 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "fickle",
"word": "unberechenbar"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 91 3",
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "fickle",
"word": "capriciose"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 91 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "fickle",
"word": "capriccioso"
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"_dis1": "6 91 3",
"code": "it",
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"sense": "fickle",
"word": "volubile"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "fickle",
"word": "płochy"
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"Difficult to manage; tricky."
],
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]
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"sounds": [
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"ipa": "/ˈskɪtɪʃ/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈskɪɾɪʃ]",
"note": "T-flapping"
},
{
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"sense": "easily scared or startled",
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"sense": "easily scared or startled",
"word": "skittery"
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{
"sense": "easily scared or startled",
"word": "skitterish"
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{
"sense": "easily scared or startled",
"word": "squirrelly"
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"roman": "xrtnoġ",
"sense": "easily scared",
"word": "խրտնող"
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"code": "axm",
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"roman": "xrčʻan",
"sense": "easily scared",
"word": "խրչան"
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"code": "bg",
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"roman": "plašliv",
"sense": "easily scared",
"word": "плашлив"
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "easily scared",
"word": "tímid"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "easily scared",
"word": "胆小的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "easily scared",
"word": "易受惊的"
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{
"code": "cs",
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"sense": "easily scared",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "bojácný"
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"code": "cs",
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"word": "bázlivý"
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{
"code": "cs",
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"sense": "easily scared",
"tags": [
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"word": "lekavý"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "easily scared",
"word": "schichtig"
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{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "easily scared",
"word": "ektimema"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "easily scared",
"word": "säikky"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "easily scared",
"word": "timide"
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"sense": "easily scared",
"tags": [
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"sense": "easily scared",
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"code": "gl",
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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"word": "scheu"
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{
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"sense": "easily scared",
"word": "schreckhaft"
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"code": "ia",
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"sense": "easily scared",
"word": "pavorose"
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"code": "ia",
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"sense": "easily scared",
"word": "timide"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "easily scared",
"word": "pauroso"
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "easily scared",
"word": "timoroso"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "easily scared",
"word": "pūohorere"
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{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "easily scared",
"word": "skvetten"
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{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "easily scared",
"word": "płochliwy"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "easily scared",
"word": "timid"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "puglívyj",
"sense": "easily scared",
"word": "пугли́вый"
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{
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"roman": "bojazlívyj",
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"word": "боязли́вый"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "easily scared",
"word": "temeroso"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "easily scared",
"word": "tímido"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "easily scared",
"word": "ürkek"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "igriv",
"sense": "fickle",
"word": "игрив"
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"code": "bg",
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"roman": "zakačliv",
"sense": "fickle",
"word": "закачлив"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "fickle",
"word": "launisch"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "fickle",
"word": "unberechenbar"
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"code": "ia",
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"sense": "fickle",
"word": "capriciose"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "fickle",
"word": "capriccioso"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "fickle",
"word": "volubile"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "fickle",
"word": "płochy"
},
{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "fickle",
"word": "caprichoso"
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{
"code": "es",
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"word": "voluble"
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